Ban Bat ( th, บ้านบาตร, , ; also spelled Banbatt) is one of the five sub-districts (''

khwaeng A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in oth ...

'') in the

Pom Prap Sattru Phai District Pom Prap Sattru Phai ( th, ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย, , or popularly just called Pom Prap, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Dusit, Pathum Wan, ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...

of Thailand. It has an area of . Some parts of the northern area are on the

Khlong Maha Nak Khlong Maha Nak ( th, คลองมหานาค, ) is a ''khlong'' (canal) in Bangkok and considered one of Bangkok's oldest canals. It starts from Khlong Rop Krung (old city moat) in the area of Mahakan Fort and Wat Saket's Golden Mount and ...

canal. The west side borders the

Samran Rat Samran Rat ( th, สำราญราษฎร์, ), popularly known as Pratu Phi (, ), is a historic neighbourhood and road junction in Bangkok. The neighbourhood roughly occupies the area of its namesake subdistrict in Phra Nakhon district. ...

Sub-district of Phra Nakhon District.

History & toponymy

The name ''Ban Bat'' means "alms bowl community". Locals believe that their ancestors immigrated from Ayutthaya after its fall in 1767. In 1782, Phyra

Phutthayotfa Chulalok Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj (, 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), personal name Thongduang (), also known as Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam (now Thai ...

(Rama I) established what is today's Bangkok. The refugees settled there, but the date of their migration is unclear. They were known for creating monk's alms bowls, which required handcrafting and manual labor. This tradition has lasted to the modern day. Locals have established the Ban Bat Community, a group that preserves the monk's alms bowl tradition and sells alms bowls to visitors as souvenirs. Ban Bat was also home to the house and band of

Luang Pradit Pairoh Luang Pradith Pairoh Sorn Silpabanleng ( th, ศร ศิลปบรรเลง, , 6 August 1881 – 8 March 1954), commonly known by his title as Luang Pradit Pairoh (, also spelled Pradit Phairoh, ) was a Thai musician who was famous in playin ...

, who was regarded as a master of

traditional Thai music The music of Thailand reflects its geographic position at the intersection of China and India, and reflects trade routes that have historically included Africa, Greece and Rome. Traditional Thai musical instruments are varied and reflect an ...

Places

Another old community, Ban Dokmai, is nearby. It has a tradition of making fireworks ("firework" in Thai called ''dokmai fai'' ( th, ดอกไม้ไฟ; ; literally 'flame flower'). Similar to the alms bowls of Ban Bat, this tradition may be lost. Other points of interest include the following: * Wat Saket and Golden Mount *

Maen Si Intersection Maen Si ( th, แม้นศรี, ) is an intersection of Bamrung Mueang, Worachak, and Chakkraphatdi Phong roads in area of Bangkok's Ban Bat sub-district, Pom Prap Sattru Phai district. It's considered to be the intersection next to the Sam ...

Sommot Amon Mak Bridge Sommot Amon Mak Bridge ( th, สะพานสมมตอมรมารค, , ) is a historic bridge over the ''khlong'' (canal) in Bangkok. It's located on Bamrung Mueang road between Phra Nakhon district's Samran Rat sub-district and Pom ...

* Ban Dokmai Palace of Prince Purachatra Jayakara * Khlong Thom Moreover, the area around Wat Saket is also a large source of the shops that line a comprehensive range of wood products and handicraft. Currently, some of them have moved to settle in

Bang Pho Bang Sue ( th, บางซื่อ, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Bang Sue District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 79,405 people. History In the early Rattanakosin era corresponds to the King Rama I's reign, ...

, Bang Sue District.

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* {{Coord, 13, 45, 3.49, N, 100, 30, 24.13, E, region:TH_type:landmark, display=title Pom Prap Sattru Phai district Neighbourhoods of Bangkok Subdistricts of Bangkok